Flexion is currently seeking a REMOTE Senior Microsoft365 Engineer for our client, a Microsoft Partner specialized in MS Infrastructure projects for large and medium sized enterprises, located in Minneapolis. This will be a Direct Hire position with our client.
Role and Responsibilities
- Senior consultant with a deep experience in configuration, implementation and tuning of the M365 platform in complex and large-scale enterprise, multi-vendor environments.
- This consultant will be an expert on M365 and be responsible for providing design, engineering and support for the implementation of the M365 environment. Specific responsibilities include:
- Perform client consultation: planning, design, and implementation of Microsoft infrastructure, related hardware, and cloud services
- Have a background/ keen awareness of identity management, device management, general M365 in addition to knowing Exchange Online.
- Knowledge of Teams, OneDrive and SharePoint are also key to success since those platforms are effectively melded.
- Assist in the management of projects using Ascent's project management methodology
- Ensure a stable performance of the M365 environment for enterprise clients
- Create and execute test plans to meet project requirements for assigned components
- Provide high quality content deliverables using the appropriate document templates
- Ensure solution is implemented as designed to the customer's satisfaction and approval
- Manage time and expense to meet or exceed expectations defined in the Statement of Work
- Identify and communicate potential opportunities for cross selling to the sales team
- Continuing education and certification is required
- Able to operate as an effective individual contributor and as a team member
- Work with services managers, sales executives, project managers and customers to manage expectations
- Participates in the pre-sales process
- Creates and leads design workshops that solve for business solutions
- Educate and train internal and external customers on solutions and services
- Creates and maintains collaboration practice intellectual property
Qualifications, Years of Experience and Education Requirements
- Bachelor's degree in business, computer science, a related technical degree or equivalent
- 5+ years experience in the delivery of complex technical solutions including planning, development, implementation and support
- Other Required Qualifications
- Minimum two years consulting experience
- Seven + years direct experience with deploying and managing Microsoft technologies
- Expert knowledge of O365
- Experience with architecting, designing, deploying, and managing Microsoft technologies
- Experience with Office 365 and/or Exchange on-premises
- Experience with Microsoft Teams, Skype for Business 2015/2019 and Skype for Business Online
- Experience with Windows 2012/2016/2019 Server/AD domain infrastructure
- Ability to work weekends and/or off hours as necessary to meet clients' needs
- Ability to effectively communicate with internal and external customers
- Physically able to lift up to 50 pounds of equipment.
- Create technical documentation
Preferred Skills
- Knowledge of third-party identity providers like Okta, Safenet, Sailpoint are good things to have.
- Understanding of third-party email services like Gmail, IronPort, Mimecast and Proofpoint
- Background in manufacturing, retail and other mid to large sized organization is a plus
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